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The host of a popular paranormal podcast is sent hidden messages within anonymous recordings, unleashing a demonic presence that is impossible to escape.
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Masterfully using negative space and unsettling audio to build its creeping dread, undertone erupts as a diabolically immersive aural nightmare.

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Despite an original premise and an effective unsettling atmosphere undertone delivers a somewhat muted horror experience that may appeal to fans of slow-burn, moody fare.

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Coleman Spilde Salon.com 4d
Minimalism and maximalism can’t coexist, at least not here. Instead, “Undertone” is like getting to the climactic moment of your favorite horror podcast, only to have the terrifying impetus interrupted by a Squarespace ad. Go to Full Review
Maxwell Rabb Chicago Reader 5d
As Undertone crescendoed through its final act, I found myself pleading for Evy to thrust off her headphones. But Tuason’s successfully nerve-racking film relentlessly suffocates within its inescapable, eerie soundscape. Go to Full Review
Katie Walsh Tribune News Service 6d
3/4
Tuason conducts "Undertone" to a fever pitch, a maelstrom of sound and fury that is spookily effective, if frustratingly nonspecific. Go to Full Review
Candice McMillan Seattle Refined 2d
Sensory overload; kudos Undertone. Go to Full Review
Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast 2d
1.5/4
The arbitrary countdown towards the recordings’ endgame provides some momentary curiosity suspense as to what horror is waiting on the other side. When it finally arrives its as lackluster as most films of its type. Go to Full Review
Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views 2d
I’ve been to Pentecostal church services in soulless New Jersey hotel conference spaces scarier than "Undertone" (2025). "Undertone" is underwhelming. Go to Full Review
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David V 6h Not nearly as scary as it thinks it is. Interesting concept but overall can't transcend the "is it fake?" argument within the movie because we know it's fake. Also, heard it elsewhere, but it kinda is a performed version of a found-footage horror movie except they find the footage within the movie and it's not footage it's iphone audio recordings. See more Jacob 19h Incredible sound production See more Lyz 23h It DID scare me and I did like how some of the camera angles made it seem like something was going to sneak up on the MC. However, the ending was a letdown. They took us to a very tense point and just...left us there. See more Olivia 1d I loved this movie. I wish there was a trigger warning about the type of people 'it' targeted. I remember looking at my husband and being like thank God I am not in that group of people, otherwise it would of been upsetting! This movie honestly scared me, filmed amazingly, the audio was great! Movie theaters are so expensive nowadays, and I don't feel like I wasted my money on this! Definitely more artsy, and a slow burn, but it sits with you! See more Andrew A @rt_andrew 1d An underwhelming experience, might have been better in a shorter form See more James Donahue 1d Undertone just didn’t work for me. It leans so hard into being a slow burn that it never builds into anything engaging. The pacing dragged, the plot felt thin, and there simply wasn’t enough happening to keep my attention. I kept waiting for a hook or a shift in momentum, but it never arrived. On the positive side, the sound design was genuinely fantastic, creepy, atmospheric, and easily the most effective part of the experience. Unfortunately, great audio wasn’t enough to carry the rest of the film. I ended up walking out about an hour and fifteen minutes in, which says a lot. Overall, I can’t recommend this one. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The host of a popular paranormal podcast is sent hidden messages within anonymous recordings, unleashing a demonic presence that is impossible to escape.
Director
Ian Tuason
Producer
Cody Calahan, Dan Slater
Screenwriter
Ian Tuason, Ian Tuason
Distributor
A24
Production Co
Black Fawn Films
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 13, 2026, Wide
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos
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